New York Paid Leave Coalition’s Partners
Labor
New York City Central Labor Council, UFCW Local 1500, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, Workers United, 1199SEIU – UHWE, CWA District 1, Nabet‐CWA Local 16, UFT, Building & Construction Trades Council, Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR)‐SEIU Healthcare, Doctors Council SEIU, New York State Nurses Association, DC 1707 AFSCME, UAW Legal Aid Attorneys
Public Health Organizations
Docs for Tots New York, Public Health Association of New York City, National Physicians Alliance, NY Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH)
Public Health Individuals
Neil Calman, MD, President and CEO, Institute for Family Health, New York, NY
Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health and Obstetrics‐Gynecology, Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Louis Z. Cooper, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Columbia University
Rose Dobrof, DSW, Co‐Director and Research Director, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity, Hunter College, City University of New York
Marianne C. Fahs, PhD, MPH, Professor of Urban Public Health
Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr PH, Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Director of CUNY Doctor of Public Health Program, Hunter College and Graduate Center, CUNY
Maxine Golub, MPH, Senior Vice President, Institute for Family Health
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Steven Markowitz, MD, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, City University of New York
Howard Minkoff, MD, Distinguished Professor Ob/Gyn SUNY Downstate, Chair Ob/Gyn Maimonides Medical Center
Karen Nelson, MD, MPH, CEO/Medical Director, UNITE HERE Health Center
Mary Pappas, RN, School Nurse at St Francis Preparatory School who identified first cases of H1N1 flu in NYC schools
Victor W. Sidel, MD., Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Updated August 2012 Business Owners and Employers
Aqui en Mi Bella Puebla, Jackson Heights Burger it up!, Brooklyn Centro Naturista Amalia, Queens Clinica Dental Latina, Queens DC Financial Services, Sunnyside Don Francisco Restaurant, Queens El Calvario Deli, Brooklyn Esmeralda's Restaurant, Brooklyn Expresso 77, Jackson Heights Glory Shoes, Queens Graco Services Corp. Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce Harlem Business Alliance Intracommunities Inc. JAC Pharmacy, Jackson Heights Jorgy's Things, Brooklyn Korean‐American Small Business Service Center La Flor Fashion, Brooklyn La Palapa, Manhattan Lima's Taste, Manhattan LD Remodeling Contractors, Inc. Los Potrillos, Staten Island Maram Pharmacy and Surgicals Mary's Florist, Bushwick Mary’s Jeans Mi Bella Puebla National Association of Women Business Owners New York Dance Company, Staten Island NHS Jackson Heights Supply, Jackson Heights NHS 1488 St Nicholas NHS New Heights Supply, 1539 St. Nicholas Ave NHS Hardware 145 Nagle Ave. NHS Hardware 4476 Broadway NHS Hardware 3405‐07 Broadway NHS 433 Hardware Supp. NHS Hardware 1982 Amsterdam Ave NHS Hardware 3220 Bainbridge Ave Bronx NHS Gonzalez Home Center, 11 E 167th St Bronx NHS Hardware, 4363 White Plains Rd Bronx NY Women's Chamber of Commerce One If By Land, Manhattan Oxium Copy and Print Center, Jackson Heights Palo Santo Restaurant, Park Slope Roseangie Deli!, Brooklyn Rolos Bakery, Bushwick Salon Parisien, Woodside Small Business Congress Small Businesses United Star Bright Laundry, Staten Island
Updated August 2012 Super Star Deli, Bushwick Telcel Mobile, Brooklyn Terraza 7 Train Café, Elmhurst USA Latin Chamber of Commerce Woodside Medical Office, Woodside Wyckoff 99c & Hardware, Bushwick
Educators and Children’s Advocates
Center for Children’s Initiatives (Nancy Kolben) NY Union Child Care Coalition (Deborah King) Workplace Issues, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University (KC Wagner)
Faith Leaders
Labor Religion Coalition of New York B’nai Jeshurun NY Society for Ethical Culture Rabbi Michael Feinberg
Women’s Groups
American Association of University Women‐NY Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective Moms Rising Ms Foundation for Women National Dominican Women’s Caucus National Organization of Women – NYC (Sonia Ossorio, Jane Manning) New York Women's Foundation (Ana Oliveira) Planned Parenthood NYC (Vicki Breitbart) Sanctuary for Families Women of Color Policy Network (Nicole Mason) Women’s City Club of New York (Barbara Rochman) Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Senior Advocates
Institute for Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly NY Citizens Committee for Aging
LGBT and HIV/AIDS Activists
Bailey House C. Virginia Fields, National Black Leadership Committee on AIDS Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) Liz Margolies, LCSW, Founder and Executive Director ‐ National LGBT Cancer Network Melissa Goodman, Senior Litigation and Policy Counsel for LGBT and Reproductive Rights ‐ NYCLU National Black Aids Coalition Queers for Economic Justice Urban Justice Center's Peter Cicchino Youth Project Voices Of Community Advocates & Leaders ‐ New York (VOCAL‐NY)
Updated August 2012
Civil Rights Leaders
Rev. Al Sharpton NY Civil Liberties Union
Immigrants’ Rights Groups
Domestic Workers United Hispanic Federation Inc. La Fuente ‐ NY and LI Civic Participation Projects ‐ (NYCPP & LICPP) Make the Road NY Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC)
Economic Justice Groups
A Better Balance (Sherry Leiwant, Dina Bakst) Center for Working Families Community Service Society Jobs with Justice Legal Momentum (Irasema Garza) National Employment Law Project (NELP) NY Communities for Change NYS Paid Leave Coalition Working Families Organization
Research Organizations
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Fiscal Policy Institute Institute for Women's Policy Research
Women Leaders – New York
Gloria Steinem Author Marjorie Hill Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) Katie Grover Ms. Foundation Board Judith Hope Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee Ronnie Eldridge former City Councilmember Cynthia Nixon Actor Blanche W. Cook Author, Prof. John Jay College Christine Marinoni Kate Coyne‐McCoy Emily’s List Bea Kreloff Artist Catherine Abate Community Healthcare Network Ruth Messinger American Jewish World Service Chung Seto former E.D., NYS Dem Comm Letty Cottin Pogrebin Author Beverly Cooper Neufeld Pres., NY Women’s Agenda Betsy Gotbaum former Public Advocate
Updated August 2012 Una Clarke former City Councilmember Lisa Bernstein Risa Levine Attorney, Columbia University Elizabeth Scheinbart Bella Abzug Leadership Institute Elana Levin Vanessa Valenti Claire Silberman Activist Ricki Lieberman Consultant Martha Baker Consultant, Equity in Educ & Emp Liz Abzug Attorney; Bella Abzug Leadership Institute Donna Dolan NYS Paid Leave Coalition Deborah Wright Legal Aid Attorneys UAW2325 Veronica Phillips Ingrid Lear‐Charles Rose Graham Lois Uttley Public Health Assoc. of NYC Janette DeSilva Janet Rivera Patsy Muir Joyce Henry Jean Joseph Bishop Sylveta Hamilta Gonzales Right Rev. Dr. Voni Johyn Janice Goodman Labor Lawyer Sylvia Law NYU School of Law Anne Boggan Attorney Rabbi Lisa Gruscow Rabbi Jhumpa Lahiri Author Kathy Goldman North Star Fund Deborah Ellis NYU School of Law Elisa Riordan Comm. Workers of America (CWA District 1)
Women Leaders – National
AFL‐CIO (Liz Shuler, Sec’y‐Treas, Arlene Holt Baker, Exec. V‐P ) 9to5, Natl Assn of Working Women, Linda Meric, Nat’l Dir. Family Values @ Work Ellen Bravo, Exec. Dir. MomsRising (Kirsten Rowe‐Finkbeiner, Co‐Founder, Joan Blades, Co‐Founder) CLUW (Karen J. See, Nat’l Pres.) NOW (Terry O’Neill, Nat’l Pres.) Nat’l Partnership for Women & Families (Judy Lichtman, Sr. Advisor, Debra Ness, Pres.) Center for American Progress (Winnie Stachelberg) Labor Project for Working Families (Netsy Firestein , Director) American Assoc of University Women (Linda Hallman, Exec. Dir.) AFA‐CWA (Pat Friend, Pres.) Nat’l Women’s Law Center (Marcia Greenberger, Co‐Pres, Nancy Duff Campbell, Co‐Pres.) Nat’l Council of Jewish Women (Nancy Ratzan, Pres) American Rights @ Work (Kimberly Freeman Brown, Exec Dir) Pathways, PA (Carol Goertzel) Nat’l Assoc of Social Workers, PA (Jenna Mehnert, Exec Dir)
Updated August 2012 Maternity Care Coalition, PA (JoAnne Fischer ) PA Council of Churches (Sandra Strauss) Rockefeller Family Fund (Lisa Guide) Working Mother Media (Carol Evans, Pres. )
Updated August 2012